How far will the Dem candidates push to overhaul the nation's health care system? We’ll likely find out during tonight and tomorrow night’s debates.
, which immediately drew fire from the left and right, aims to split the difference between die-hard progressives and cautious moderates, offering a clear path to universal coverage without completely dismantling broad swaths of the U.S. health system.
Harris wants to transform Medicare into a universal health care program while still preserving a central role for private insurers. Americans could immediately buy into the new benefit-rich plan overseen by Medicare, but the new scheme would phase in over a decade, far longer than the transitions envisioned by Medicare for All proponents lined up behind Sanders.
"You can call it anything you want, but you can't call that plan Medicare for All," the Sanders campaign blasted out Tuesday. Some early analyses show that health care spending could fall under Sanders' plan compared with its current trajectory. And single-payer advocates, who also include longshots like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Andrew Yang, argue that beyond the dollars and cents, free health coverage is a moral obligation.
"These are things that are questionable on their merits," Buttigieg said earlier this month of Medicare for All and other far-left issues prioritized by Sanders.That's a sentiment shared by most of the Democratic field, albeit one that's so far failed to drive significant support to candidates outside of Biden.
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